. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . narque andGloriosa, large bulbs of Roman hyacinths, early singletulips, and XIammoth Yellow crocus. Hyacin
. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . narque andGloriosa, large bulbs of Roman hyacinths, early singletulips, and XIammoth Yellow crocus. Hyacinths havebeen flowered on a piece of virgin cork floating in anaquarium, a hole being cut through the cork for theroots to reach the water. The so-called Chinese sacredlily, a variety of Polyanthus narcissus, grows andflowers luxuriantly in bowls of water, provided they arenot placed in a dry, furnace-heated room, which willcause the buds to bkist before opening. Sutticient peb-bles or shells should surround the bulbs to preventthem from toppling over. Crocuses, Roman hjacinths, and very pretty when nicely flowered in columnar,hedge-hog- or beehive-shaped hollow pots with holes forthe reception of the bulbs. A bulb is placed in front ofeach hole from the inside, with the crown of the bulblooking outward. The pot is then filled with .soil throughthe large opening in the bottom, moss being pressofl inlast to hold the contents in place, after which the pots 38. 687. The Easter lily throws out feeding-rootsboth below and above the bulb. are put outside for the bulbs to root, as explained forother hardy bulbs for the house. The growing of bulbs in moss fiber, a method intro-duced by Robert Sydenham, of Birmingham, Eng-land, is well deserving of attention by the great advantage of this method is that the bulbscan be grown in decorative china bowls, without drain-age, while the is clean to handle and, as thebowls are not porous, they may be
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